THE ELECTION THAT ISN'T (HERE'S THE RANT BOYS AND GIRLS)

CAPITOL HILL BLUE ^ | 11-01-02 | DOUG THOMPSON

[KLT]

Nutsy as always

[Mudboy Slim]

"According to recent polls, fewer than one in four Americans will show up at the polls this Tuesday to decide which political party controls the U.S. Congress, who governs many of their states and what party or philosophy controls their city councils, state legislatures and county boards."

The 75% of folks who don't vote are FR.com's--and thereby the Right's--Market Potential...MUD

[Joe Brower]

Correct. In fact, neither the Declaration of Independence or the U.S. Constitution contain within them the word "democracy" anywhere.

I hit people with this every time I hear these mewlings of "democracy". It variably puts them in a mental stall.

[Joe Brower]

"variably" = invariably

[Lady Eileen]

What really surprises me, is that in California, land of fruit and nuts, they vote by the commercials they see..

America has become a land of wussys, all glued to the idiot box (tv) and believe all the BS the media flashes before their eyes.

Mental Pictures + TV = Truth

[Teacher317]

That aged document fashioned by a group of powdered-wigged men back in Philadelphia in 1776 declared this country to be a democracy, with decisions made by a majority of those qualified to vote.

BZZT. They specifically stated in those documents that the government be guaranteed to have a Republican form, where the people vote by majority to elect those who will make the decisions. There's a difference.

[KLT]

It's always great to have a teacher around the house....